It’s pseudo-science and classifiable as torture but Indian police investigators just won’t give up on the use of sodium pentothal in criminal investigations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/05/india-truth-serum
Background
‘We need to talk about narcoanalysis’, Sriram Lakshman, The Hindu, May 2, 2007:
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050203861100.htm
‘Perpetuation of a forensic myth’,V.V. Pillai, The Hindu, May 13, 2007:
http://www.hindu.com/op/2007/05/13/stories/2007051303531400.htm